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| 520 | _aJapan facing the biggest economy crisis since the second world war. The Japanese economy contracted 3.3 % in the final quarter of 2008. Economists forecast a drop of around 4% in 2009. Mr Aso's reputation has been shredded by a series of gaffes and policy flip-flops. He declared that as a minister he opposed the privatisation of Japan Post the hallmark policy of Junichiro Koizumi's premiership 2001-06. | ||
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_aThe Economist : _g 21-27 February 2009, p.34. |
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